The 2025 fishing season for black teatfish in the Torres Strait closed at 11.59 pm on 5 March 2025, with a record catch of 19.22 tonnes.Torres Strait fishers achieved the total in only 3 days, making this year's season the shortest since the black teatfish fishery reopened in 2023. A catch of 7.3 tonnes on Tuesday 4 March set a new record for a single day.

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This year's black teatfish season set several records including for participation, daily catches and the final total catch. On 3 March 2025, the black teatfish fishery opened for the fifth year in a row with a total allowable catch set at 22 tonnes. Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) officers from Thursday Island and Canberra undertook land and sea operations within the region to ensure all catches of black teatfish were landed and recorded in accordance with licence requirements. 

Torres Strait fishers and fish receivers are reminded that they must report all catch on catch disposal records and return them to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) within 3 days.

The Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) has set the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for Spanish mackerel and coral trout in the Torres Strait Finfish Fishery's 2025–26 fishing season, which commences on 1 July 2025. 

This is a media release from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).

The 2024–25 Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster (Kaiar) fishing season is now closed.